Ancient Greek and Roman Slavery.

Ancient Greek and Roman Slavery.

"The general introduction will provide the political and historical context for Greek and Roman slavery and briefly survey the institutions themselves. Each chapter will open with a section on "Background and Methodology." These will orient the reader for the chapter's "Case...

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Main Author: Hunt, Peter
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Newark : John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated, 2017.
Subjects:
Slavery > Greece > History.
Slavery > Rome > History.
LITERARY CRITICISM > Ancient & Classical.
Slavery
Greece
Rome (Empire)
Electronic books.
History
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Table of Contents:
  • Ancient Greek and Roman Slavery; Contents; Illustrations; Preface; Acknowledgments; Modern and Ancient References: Abbreviations; 1 Introduction and Historical Context; Greek History and Slavery: An Overview; Rome's Expansion; Contrasts and Comparisons; Suggested Reading; 2 Definitions and Evidence; What Is Slavery?; Ancient Evidence and Its Difficulties; Actual Practices Versus Ways of Thinking; What Is Typical? When and Where?; Common Sense and Comparative History; Modern Politics and Ancient Slavery; Suggested Reading; 3 Enslavement; Introduction.
  • Warfare and the Sources of Athenian Slaves?A Sea Change in the Roman Slave Supply?; A Slave Population Equation; Conclusion; Suggested Reading; 4 Economics; Introduction; Slave Societies; Economics of Slavery; Roman Expansion; The Cost of Labor in Athens and the Roman Empire; The Slave Trade and Slave Traders; Conclusion; Suggested Reading; 5 Politics; Introduction; Athenian Slavery and Democracy; Slave and Freedmen Administrators in the Early Roman Empire; Eunuchs in the Late Empire; Conclusion; Suggested Reading; 6 Culture; Introduction; Slave Culture in Classical Athens.
  • Factors in the Retention of Birth CultureCompatibility and Resistance; Greek Intellectuals as Roman Slaves; Greek Slaves and Culture at Rome; Livius Andronicus; Greek Ex-Slaves and the Lower Classes; Ambivalence; Conclusion; Suggested Reading; 7 Sex and Family Life; Introduction; Prostitution in Athens; Neaira's Story; Coerced Sex and Emotional Relationships; Roman Slave Families; Conclusion; Suggested Reading; 8 Manumission and Ex-Slaves; Why Manumission and Ex-Slaves?; How Common Was Manumission?; Reasons for Manumission; Rituals and Processes; Closed and Open Slave Systems.
  • Pasion and His FamilyRelationship with Former Masters; Wealth and Status; Trimalchio's Wild Party; Relationships with Former Masters; Wealth; Status Conscious?; Conclusion: Contrasts Between Greek and Roman Practice; Suggested Reading; 9 Everyday Conflict; Resistance and Agency; Weapons of the Weak; The Tools of Oppression; Running Away; Murder and Reprisal; Conclusion; Suggested Reading; 10 Revolts; Introduction; Classical and Hellenistic Greece; The Helots; The Roman Slave Wars; Challenges of Revolt; The Ability to Revolt; Conclusion; Suggested Reading; 11 Representations; Introduction.
  • Tragedy and Slave StereotypesThe Clever Slave in Roman Comedy; The Conservative and the Subversive Reading; Paternalism; Conclusion; Suggested Reading; 12 Philosophy and Law; Introduction; The Anonymous Opponents of Slavery; Aristotle's Theory of Natural Slavery; Stoicism and Christianity; The Amelioration of Slavery in Roman Law; Conclusion: Why no Abolitionists?; Suggested Reading; 13 Decline and Legacy; Introduction; The Decline of Classical Slavery; The Legacy of Ancient Slavery; Aristotle in the New World; The Roman Law of Slavery and Modern Slave Codes; Conclusion; Suggested Reading.

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